US Patent Issued to Cynosure on Nov. 11 for "Needle-array devices and related methods" (New Jersey, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,752, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Cynosure LLC (Westford, Mass.).

"Needle-array devices and related methods" was invented by Mirko Georgiev Mirkov (Chelmsford, Mass.) and James Boll (Montclair, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In part the disclosure relates to methods of treating acne, excessive sweating, unwanted hair, and/or unwanted blood vessels. The method may include providing a needle array comprising a plurality of needles; inserting plurality of needles into a dermis of a treatment area; detecting a location of an enlarged sebaceous gland; and energizing one or more of the plurality of needles to treat sebaceous gla...